What was your First

[Rob L]

I'd rather not know where it went Rob, because I cant prove it was once mine, so I'd rather not come across it, and it was a proper lefty - rarer still

'57 Strat! That's real pain my friend

I gave up looking after about 10 years. I sent letters to every major place in the country with a description and the serial number. I figure whoever stole it wanted it for themselves and not for cash. It teach me a valuable lesson. Never take high end stuff to a gig.

[Gregted]

First and only guitar is a cheap acoustic bought by my parents for my 15th birthday. Had it for 38 years now. The "fretboard" has just started to rub off. It turned out to be black paint.

Wasn't worth much then and worth less now but it's all I've known.

Going to change that with a strat kit in the next few weeks. My first electric. Whoo hoo.

[dingobass]

I know the pain...
When I was at Art School I had a 4001 Riccky Bass stolen....
By the time I tracked down the thief and beat the crapola outta him it was long gone...
4k worth of Bass turned into a cloud of pot smoke.
Being young and naive, I never thought to take pics and record the serial number

[gubins]

I feel for your pain mate. I've heard stories of guitars being stolen when packing up after a gig. I always made sure we had someone on watch. I take down all the details of my gear, serial numbers, year it was bought and where if known, I take photos front and back too. I keep the receipts/invoices as providence helps get good prices if you want to sell. All this helps with insurance too. Doesn't take long.

[keloooe]

My first guitar was a really cheap acoustic when I was 9 (meaning I've been playing guitar for nearly half my life now!), and was probably made of ply! It was a bitch to play, the action was ok on the open frets but was really high from 12-21, never played it up in the high register anyway. A few years later for my bday (around 11-12), I got a cheap Strat copy and a small 10W practice amp that I still use today as my main amp. After that I got my first pedal which is a Marshall VT-1 Vibratrem, barely use that. My first guitar that I paid for with my own $$$ is an Epi LP Junior which I probably need to get around to fixing up sometime soon, which I played with a DigiTech Hot Head (still my main dirt pedal). That was when I got into the kit side of things, and I will probably keep going with scratchies and kits for a while!

[maxaxe]

Bought this Antoria model 994 secondhand from Clef Music in Claremont for $KRAFT when I was about 17.
Interesting selectors & 4 hokey PUPS. Note trem bridge cover had a bolt down arrangement. Played it through a big assed Philips valve radio hooked to a 12" Rola speaker on a piece of board. Thought I was the alpaca's knackers at the time. Axe is loooong gone but I see one fetched abt $500 at auction recently, so no huge regrets.